I am using bootstrap theme on Drupal 7. My subtheme has some templates that have overwritten certain pages.
I am trying to make a template specifically for one of my content types:
Spokesmodel Page (Machine name: spokesmodel_page)
I have a template named page--spokesmodel_page.tpl.php but for some reason it's not showing up. I've cleared the cache and written a line of code for testing to see if it works but it's getting the template from page.tpl.php
Is there something else I need to do for this to work or should it automatically start working? I've made templates for certain nodes and they work fine.
Try copying node.tpl.php from the parent theme into the child theme and re-naming that according to naming conventions here https://www.drupal.org/node/1089656
i.e. node--spokesmodel.tpl.php
The page tpl is not what you're looking for. Assuming the content you have is a basic page, the way to override the template is to use node--page.tpl.php.
You'll have to check if the current page is the one you want and then do the changes you require as this tpl is used by all content of type page.